Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-09-03
MANITOBA.
Railroad Construction so be stopped
Though at she PofRs ofshe Ksayonet

Though at she Pcias of she xsayenet.
Toronto special: Mayor Walsh, q
leading conservative of Manitoba has
returned to Toronto from the maritime
provinces, where he had an interview
with Sir John Macdonald regarding his
disallowance of the Red River railway
charter in Manitoba. Sir John said he
he was determined that the disallowance
of the charter shall take effect
81 am bound to see, !" he said, shat
the supremacy of the federal authority
is maintained. 1t is time that the prov
inces should be taught that when her
maiesty's representative, with the con-
sent of her advisers, sees fit to disallow
measure which is derogatory to the
interests of the domain aud empire they
must submit gracefully"
Mayor Walsh said: "The people of
Manitoba wish to build the Red River
road with their own money, and are de-
termined not to be prevented from so
doing. / am sure the volunteers of
Ontario will not take up arms against
their brothers in Manitoba.
81 am determined" said Sir John,
tthat the construction of that road shall
be stopped and, if necessary, by British
regulars. On my suggestion the impe-
rial government has decided to establish
garrison at Winnipeg and troops will
be sent there shortly. The idea has
been met with favor by the British gov
eminent. They see that WINNIPEG is an
important strategic point, and that in
the event of war troops can be kept there
cheaply and be transported to India or
elsewhere with dispatch. Their pres
ence here will also make the unruly
provinces submit to federal authority"
Mayor Walsh replied: "Our people
will resist with an armed force, and if
collision occurs, rebellion will follow.
81 cannot help that" said Sir John;
1--WE must see that the federal authority
is maintained over the provincial author
ity, and if rebellion is the result, it will
not be my fault. IL will be the fault of
the Manitobians. / am determined to
stop the construction of the Red River
Valley railroad, if it has to be done at
the point of the bayonet."
John Norquay, premier of Manitoba,
arrived here to-day from Winnepeg.- In
an interview he told your correspondent
that he knew some time ago of the
scheme to garrison Winnipeg with Brit
ish troops. ''If the Canadian Pacific
railway is to be the subsidized mail
route to India" he said, "a garrison
there would be necessary and the war
office has decided to place large gari-
son there Immediately"
''What do you think of Sir Johns
threat to stop the construction of the
Red River Valley railway with British
troops?" asked your correspondent.
'sHe can do it only at the peril of re-
belhon, and that he dare not risk. The
road must be built and Sir John cannot
stop it. Manitoba is determined to have
a line to the United States boundary,
independent of the Canadian Pacific
railway or the dominion's government.
An injunction has been served to prevent
work, but no federal or other interior
ence can stop it. The Manitoblans are
bound to carry the work through If they
have to resort to arms. We are progress
ing immensely with the work, and will
soon have it in running order, despite
the iron-heeled oppression of Sir John
Macdoland and the Canadian Pacific
railroad monopoly"
In conclusion, Norquay said: II wish
the British regulars were In Winnipeg.
They are the men we want We would
appear W blltIh d5t1Llob tliC li1OLob1OAo IL
justice sought to be fixed upon us by
the federal government and the Cana
dian Pacific railway. The Ottawa do
minion government views the situation
with no small degree of alarm on ac-
count of its past experience in dealing
with northwestern dailies. 1t is not
probable that an injunction without ac-
tual physical force behind it will be any
more effective than paper disallow-
ance. When the whole community has
determined upon an object, as the Man
itobisns appear to be, legal formulas
lose their effectiveness and writs won't |
execute themselves The talk of British |
regulars for settling the intestine rows
of the dominion is dangerous. British |
red coats on the Red river would be too |
wild a guess of wicked folly to dream of.
II such an idea would get into Sir John
head it would prove him
insane and if the proposition were lis |
tened to by the English government the
British connection in Canada would not
last long,"